the cultural anthropology of a small but doughty repair shop where guitars are made well again or changed for the better

Friday, June 6, 2008

we've seen worse...

Say there's an old broken guitar in a beat-up case somewhere in a forgotten area where you stay. One day, looking for something else, you come across the thing, dust-covered and somewhat bent. Shaking your head you open the case for the second time in a decade. You ask yourself: what can be done with this thing?

The answer is obvious.

Have us restore the instrument! One time, several years ago, a person brought in his Grandfather's World War II-era Martin OOO-18 (not the above guitar). The sides, top, back and neck were either cracked, broken or simply loose inside a big black garbage bag. It took awhile but it was brought back to life; back to perfect playability, beautiful sound and museum-piece looks. Restore beauty to your surroundings: rescue a guitar.